Game Development Giant

"What? What's the matter?"

Yamauchi Hiroshi asked Miyamoto Shigeru with a somewhat curious tone. He was indeed very curious. In his impression, Miyamoto Shigeru was not a good talker in any case and liked to deal with people. If such a person Without a special reason, it is impossible to just make a phone call to his direct boss.

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, and only Miyamoto Shigeru's very subtle breathing could be heard.

Just when Hiroshi Yamauchi was getting impatient, Miyamoto Shigeru said hesitantly: "Mr. Yamauchi, I have something to tell you."

Hearing Miyamoto Shigeru's hesitant tone, Yamauchi Hiroshi frowned.

Some not-so-good thoughts suddenly arose in his heart. After a few seconds of silence, he said, "Go ahead." But judging from Yamauchi's tone, he became serious. stand up.

"OK."

Shigeru Miyamoto first agreed, then prepared some words and said: "I want to make a game for home consoles after finishing this game. I have some ideas for home console games... ..." But before Miyamoto Shigeru could finish his words, his words were directly interrupted by Hiroshi Yamauchi.

There was a hint of anger in Hiroshi Yamauchi's tone, which could be easily heard. When he heard Miyamoto Shigeru say this, he was obviously very angry. He thought that Miyamoto Shigeru suddenly spoke to him with a good sign. This matter was probably instigated by some people in the United States.

Of course, he couldn't say these words clearly.

Therefore, Yamauchi Hiroshi could only forcefully suppress his anger and patiently said to Shigeru Miyamoto: "Miyamoto, why do you suddenly have such an idea? Our internal meeting has already made a decision. In the future, all our energy and resources will be directed towards handheld phones. Only when you develop in the field of handheld phones can you get the best conditions from the company."

Shigeru Miyamoto also knew what Hiroshi Yamauchi said. But the problem is that the reason why Shigeru Miyamoto mentioned this matter to Hiroshi Yamauchi is not exactly what Hiroshi Yamauchi thought.

"President, I know all this, but I really want to develop games on home consoles. Many of my ideas about games cannot be completed on handheld consoles. They can only be done on home consoles... Mr. President, please allow me to give me a chance to develop games for home consoles every time I make a few handheld games."

Miyamoto Shigeru said these words extremely sincerely, almost in a pleading tone.

But Yamauchi Hiroshi remained unmoved.

He didn't know why Miyamoto Shigeru suddenly mentioned this to him, but he didn't need to know. Facing Miyamoto Shigeru's request, his tone became rude.

"Miyamoto, you have to think clearly. Even if you want to make a home console game, you won't get any preferential treatment. The development funds and assistants you can get are no different from other people. You Are you really willing to develop games for home consoles under these conditions?”

Hiroshi Yamauchi's words were very rude. He was threatening Miyamoto Shigeru. If you insist on developing games for home consoles, then you have little chance to complete those unrealistic thoughts in your mind, because making games is not a one-person thing and requires the help of outstanding companions.

and. The R\u0026D funds required will not be a small number either.

Hearing what Hiroshi Yamauchi said, Miyamoto Shigeru fell silent again, and Hiroshi Yamauchi obviously didn't want to continue chatting with Miyamoto Shigeru. His tone was not as gentle as when he just answered the phone: "Miyamoto, don't think about this now. When the e3 exhibition is over and you return to Japan, I will discuss this matter with you in detail. "

After finishing speaking, Yamauchi Hiroshi hung up the phone without caring about Miyamoto Shigeru's reaction.

This made Miyamoto Shigeru feel a little angry.

However, soon, this anger was calmed down by him again. He also hung up the phone, sat on the bed facing the phone, without saying a word, but judging from his expression, it was obvious that , he is thinking about something.

In the process of thinking, Miyamoto Shigeru's face became a little ferocious.

It seemed that he was making a difficult choice deep in his heart. This difficult choice made him feel anxious, and he began to walk around the room aimlessly.

Then he put it on the bed again.

Finally, when Shigeru Miyamoto got up from the bed again, his eyes were already bloodshot, but his expression was much more relaxed than before. The extremely anxious expression before was no longer visible on his face. Obviously, after a while, After some not-so-pleasant thinking, Miyamoto made his decision.

Although at the end of the phone call, Hiroshi Yamauchi said that he would continue talking about this matter after returning to Japan.

But Shigeru Miyamoto knew that this was just an excuse. He really understood the character of Hiroshi Yamauchi. He was a person who would never give in. This was probably the only time when Jester forced him to withdraw from the home console market. But that time, as Nintendo was excluded, there was really no better choice.

Without a third party, it is impossible to support a huge home console game platform solely by relying on the first party.

Nintendo is not Mars Entertainment, and it is not Jester Lee. It can even be said that the entire Nintendo, or the entire Japan, or other game companies, will not have a second Jester Lee, Jester .Li Nen consolidates and supports a platform by himself, but others cannot.

Hiroshi Yamauchi will never compromise with himself.

In fact, Miyamoto Shigeru had already made a judgment at the beginning. He made that call just to make his last effort. Even in his imagination, even if he could get the company once every two years He can also agree to fully support the development of home console games.

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to leave Nintendo.

After all, this is where he grew up.

In his heart, Hiroshi Yamauchi is regarded as his immediate elder, and he has the utmost respect for him.

But on one side there are things that are difficult to let go of, and on the other side there are my own dreams. As a game designer, there are some inevitable dreams, dreams that I really want to realize.

It would be great if we could have both.

At this time, Miyamoto Shigeru sighed in the bottom of his heart. Then, an old saying from country Z emerged in his heart. You can't have both the fish and the bear's paw. He who gives up the fish to take the bear's paw. He just said He was also considering whether he should give up the bear's paw or the fish.

Although such a process of giving up was not what he wanted.

But he must make his choice.

Shigeru Miyamoto came to the phone again. Now his expression was very different from the previous time. When he stood in front of the phone before, he had an extremely hesitant look on his face, but this time, his face was full of hesitation. His expression had already become extremely firm.

What he dialed was not Hiroshi Yamauchi's number, but Jester's number.

It was already late at night in Los Angeles time, and Shigeru Miyamoto didn't think about it, or he didn't have time to think about whether someone would answer the phone if he called Jester's office at this time. Fortunately, After the phone rang a few times, someone answered the call.

"Excuse me, who are you?"

Just after the call was connected, Jester's voice came out from the phone receiver. After all, the phone number in the hotel room where Shigeru Miyamoto was staying was still an unfamiliar number to Jester.

"I'm Shigeru Miyamoto."

After hearing Jester's voice, Shigeru Miyamoto immediately showed a hint of joy on his face.

After a short silence for a second or two, he revealed his identity.

Then, an extremely excited voice immediately sounded from Jester's end: "It's Miyamoto, how could you have time to call my office so late? If I didn't have some things to deal with today, I would I have to go back, I’m so tired after spending a day shopping in the e3 exhibition hall today.”

Jester smiled and talked as if he was chatting with a very familiar old friend.

But in fact, everyone who knows him knows that Jester's meeting with Shigeru Miyamoto today was only the second official meeting between the two.

Shigeru Miyamoto felt a sense of intimacy immediately when he heard Jester talking to him like a friend chatting about these topics that would only be discussed between friends, and he also smiled: "There is indeed something... ..." Originally, Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to tell Jester his decision over the phone.

But he immediately changed his mind.

He thought that it was not very solemn to say it on the phone, and it was not clear what he said on the phone, so he immediately made a new decision.

"There are some things I want to tell you. It's not convenient to talk on the phone. Let me treat you to a meal at noon tomorrow. It's at a restaurant next to the e3 Convention and Exhibition Center. I ate here yesterday and thought it tasted very good. ." Shigeru Miyamoto said with a smile.

"Okay." Jester didn't ask further, but agreed decisively.

The call didn't last long. After both parties finished talking about the matter, they hung up the phone. After hanging up the phone, Jester couldn't help but clenched his fists hard.

Although Miyamoto Shigeru hasn't told him yet.

But based on his intuition, he knew that Miyamoto Shigeru had probably agreed to his request to leave Nintendo and join Mars Entertainment. (To be continued...)